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I thought that rather than just having Asperger's Syndrome (AS) I'd see if I could benefit or gain anything from the various support groups that are out there. To this end I have started attending two monthly groups in particular. It's a start anyway.
I'm pretty much a cuckoo at the first group as it isn't really intended for people with AS but for people who have to care for adults with AS. Basically it's a meeting full of my parents. What it does give me is an interesting insight into the affect that AS has on other people. Having it myself I was never aware of the affect it was having on other people and I always thought everything I did was normal and without consequence. Not being able to pick up on non-verbal clues meant that I was probably annoying people and not realising. Also as it is a support group for carers they are quite candid about the issues, probably more so than if the people they care for were present. They often have guest speakers as well who are involved in local autistic services. Again not much use to me but I have discovered the existence of some social groups in my area that I didn't know existed.
Talking of social groups, the second group I am attending is a social group for people with autism, not just AS. I was a bit nervous about going to this one in case it made me question my own diagnosis as there are some rather common AS traits that I don't really identify with. On a certain level I was worried that people would be "more AS" than me. For the first meeting I pretty much sat and said nothing, but I tend to do that when meeting a lot of new people anyway. The fact that they were "my kind" didn't make any difference.
There are people who attend that are very much textbook AS, and I do wonder if they think I'm an imposter and that I can't possibly have AS as I don't behave like they do. This social group has also shown me the importance of an autistic-focussed environment. Although I didn't say a whole lot my first time around, I didn't feel bad about it. I didn't go home feeling guilty wondering if they thought I was shy or weird. I instinctively knew that no-one was judging my social skills and that just being present was enough to gain acceptance. This is the only social group I am involved with currently; I might try the one I found out about in the previous group I mentioned, however for now I think once a month is enough for me. It messes with my routine enough as it is :)
Sunday, 1 March 2009
3 comments:
- Beastinblack said...
"more AS" than me
-> in other words, futher down the spectrum!
- 6 March 2009 at 22:25
- Beastinblack said...
Forgot to mention, I wonder how you looked to them as well, and what their version of 'normality' is, guess its the ToM thing again
- 6 March 2009 at 22:30
Well, now I'm wondering about the ways in which I may have offended people over the years. I'm self-diagnosed and don't know the degree to which I have As.
- 11 March 2009 at 04:06
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Hello today our topic is that This house will ban junk food from schools.
There are 3 rounds.
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3. Conclusion
First I will give you my status quo.
Junk food is defined by Segen's Medical Dictionary as "A popular term for any food which is low in essential nutrients and high in everything else—in particular calories and sodium. Junk foods are often highly salted—e.g., potato chips/crisps, pretzels—high in refined carbohydrates (empty calories)—e.g., candy, soft drinks—and high in saturated fats—e.g., cake, chocolates". Individual school governing bodies are however likely to come up with their own definitions of what exactly constitutes junk food for their ban.
Childhood obesity- defined as a body-mass index at or above the 95th percentile for children of the same age and sex, was diagnosed among approximately 15 percent of children and adolescents in the United States in the period from 1999 through 2002. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, the prevalence of overweight children doubled between 1976–1980 and 1999–2002. Although the prevalence of overweight among blacks, Mexican Americans, and Native Americans exceeds that of other ethnic groups, obesity has increased among both sexes and among all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups.
Childhood obesity is associated with a variety of adverse consequences. Type-2 diabetes now accounts for up to 45 percent of all newly diagnosed diabetic disorders in pediatric patients. Conditions associated with excess weight, such as sleep apnea and gallbladder disease, tripled in children and adolescents between 1979–1981 and 1997–1999. Although childhood-onset obesity accounts for only 25 percent of adult obesity, overweight that begins before age eight and persists into adulthood is associated with a mean body-mass index of 41 in adulthood, as compared with a body-mass index of 35 for adult-onset obesity.1
Researchers and public health officials are currently at a loss to explain the rapid rise in weight problems among children and adolescents that began in the 1980s. Concerns about the long-term health consequences of being overweight have ignited a debate about school policies that make junk food available to students in school.
The proponents of the idea that school lunches are inexorably linked to the childhood obesity epidemic rally behind much publicized campaigns, such as the one initiated by the first lady Michelle Obama called "Let's Move". Even though this seems to be a popular and intuitively appealing notion, there are two important questions being raised by its opponents: is the notion correct and are the schools, or rather school lunches, really the ones we should be targeting?
In September 2006, partly influenced by the campaigning activities of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, some schools in the United Kingdom implemented a new approach to preparing and sourcing pupils' meals. This policy requires that caterers ensure that high-quality meat, poultry or oily fish is provided with each meal, alongside at least two servings of fruit and vegetables.
Another approach to banning junk food is also the banning of vending machines with junk food. The new dispensers in the UK, through a government funded project, switched from sweets and junk in the vending machines (which is present in 95 per cent of secondary schools) to milk, fruit, water and other healthy products to buy.
Such an approach, where the government takes care of the meals and also preventing the offer of junk in schools is a way how to do it also in other countries.
Thank you for making your argument HaloH.
I believe that junk food should be banned because of 3 main reasons. My first reason was that Schools need to practice what they preach, my second argument is that schools are the best place to creating lasting lifestyle changes, and my third argument is that better nutrition leads to better students.
Now I will move on my first argument which is that schools need to practice what they preach.
Under the pressure of increasing media coverage and civil society initiatives, schools are being called upon to "take up arms" against childhood obesity, both by introducing more nutritional and physical education classes, as well as transforming the meals they are offering in their cafeterias.
Never before has school been so central to a child's personal and social education. According to a study conducted by the University of Michigan, American children and teenagers spend in school about 32.5 hours per week homework a week – 7.5 hours more, than 20 years ago. School curricula now cover topics such as personal finance, sex and relationships and citizenship. A precedent for teaching pupils about living well and living responsibly has already been established. Some schools, under national health programs, have given out free milk and fruit to try and make sure that children get enough calcium and vitamins, in case they are not getting enough at home.
While we are seeing various nutritional and health food curricula cropping up, revamping the school lunch is proving to be a more challenging task. "Limited resources and budget cuts hamper schools from offering both healthful, good-tasting alternatives and physical education programs," says Sanchez-Vaznaugh, a San Francisco State University researcher.
With expert groups such as the Obesity Society urging policymakers to take into account the complex nature of the obesity epidemic, especially the interplay of biological and social factors that lead to individuals developing the disease, it has become time for governments to urge schools to put their education into practice and give students an environment that allows them to make the healthy choices they learn about in class.
Now I will move on my second argument which is that schools are the best place to creating lasting lifestyle changes.
Schools are playing an increasingly formative role, in the sense that they're being tasked with not only knowledge transfer, but also the creation of behaviors and placing emphasis on teaching students how to apply their knowledge.
Given this expanded mandate, the schools are not only obliged to therefore offer choices that would go hand in hand with healthier behavior, but also the perfect pressure point for lawmakers to go about introducing healthier lifestyles.
The simple reason is that our kids are increasingly looking not to their parents, but schools and the environments they provide, for advice on how to live their lives. They are also the traditional environments for youth to continuously invent and reinvent themselves and therefore hold immense potential for behavior modification.
Now I will move on my third argument which is that better nutrition makes better children.
There is a growing body of evidence linking a healthy lifestyle, comprising of both adequate nutrition and physical exercise, with improved memory, concentration and general academic performance. A study has shown that when primary school students consume three or more junk food meals a week literacy and numeracy scores dropped by up to 16% compared to the average.
This is a clear incentive for governments to push forward for healthier meals in schools for two reasons. The first obvious benefit is to the student, whose better grades award her improved upward mobility – especially important for ethnic groups stuck worst by the obesity epidemic and a lower average socioeconomic status.
The second benefit is to the schools, who benefit on standardized testing scores and reduced absenteeism, as well as reduced staff time and attention devoted to students with low academic performance or behavior problems and other hidden costs of low concentration and performance of students.
HaloH forfeited this round.
I am sad that my competitor could not rebut and make new arguments. This means that he should lose because he didn't have arguments, no conduct because as I said no arguments in this final round. However you can conclude you arguments.
My first argument was that schools need to practice what they preach.
Schools teach you to not eat junk food in health but if they let you eat it, it is just plain odd...
My second argument is that Schools are the best place to create lasting lifestyle changes
So if you don't eat junk food at school it is a good habit and probably won't eat junk food.
My third reason is that better nutrition leads to better students
If you eat more like "My plate" then you will be healthier which is for better students.
Also I think I will win because he Con forfeited.
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We got to hand it to Lebron James, 30. Though he and the rest of the Cleveland Cavaliers put up their best effort, the Golden State Warriors were the better team in the 2015 NBA Finals. Before King James left the court for the final time, he made a great show of sportsmanship, congratulating Stephen Curry, 27, on winning the championship!
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Eight Years of War: What WikiLeaks Has Revealed on the US Occupation of Iraq
This date, March 19, 2011, marks the beginning of the ninth year of the US war in Iraq. The war, which began in 2003 with a bombing campaign of "shock and awe," has for years been more of an occupation than a war. Despite the fact that many believe the war is over (especially Americans), the US still has 47,000 troops in Iraq and, despite a 2011 withdrawal date, will likely continue to have tens of thousands of soldiers based in Iraq for years to come.
The past year has seen the world learn a great deal about the US war and occupation of Iraq. With the WikiLeaks release of US State Cables, the Iraq War Logs, and a "Collateral Murder" video showing US soldiers firing on journalists and innocent civilians from an Apache helicopter, the criminal nature of the war and occupation has become more evident. To mark the end of eight years of US troops in Iraq and the beginning of a ninth year, it is worth noting the many revelations on Iraq that have become known thanks to WikiLeaks.
On October 22, 2010, 390,000 field reports, which became known as the Iraq War Logs, showed the regular use of abuse, brutality and torture used on Iraqis by Iraqi Police and Iraqi Security Forces. The logs revealed, despite US claims, a tracking of civilian deaths had been going on, and, in fact, 66,000 civilian deaths (15,000 which were previously unknown) had occurred.
At a press conference one day after the release, Phil Shiner of Public Interest Lawyers in the United Kingdom, a firm that has acted on behalf of Iraqis claiming they were tortured or the victim of indiscriminate military attacks, explained how the released evidence could be broken into three key categories: unlawful killings of civilians, indiscriminate attacks or the unjustified use of lethal force against civilians, horrendous abuse and torture of Iraqis by the Iraqi National Guard or the Iraqi Police Service, torture of Iraqis whilst in UK custody (presumably, whilst in the custody of US and other coalition forces custody as well).
Specifically in relation to the Iraqi National Guard or the Iraqi Police Service, Shiner highlighted a fragmented order Frago 242 , which the US and the UK appeared to have adopted as a way of excusing them from having to take responsibility for torture or ill-treatment of Iraqis by Iraqi military or security forces. This, according to Shiner, runs "completely contrary to international law" and "it's well known that there's an absolute prohibition on torture" and "it may never be used."
The logs further revealed the existence of a "Wolf Brigade" or "Wolf Battalion." This brigade was a death squad of Iraqi soldiers that went around terrorizing "insurgents." It became known for its brutality and was so feared in Iraq that US interrogators would threaten Iraqi detainees with the prospect of being turned over to the squad:
DURING THE INTERROGATION PROCESS THE ___ THREATENED THE SUBJECT DETAINEE THAT HE WOULD NEVER SEE HIS FAMILY AGAIN AND WOULD BE SENT TO THE WOLF BATTALION WHERE HE WOULD BE SUBJECT TO ALL THE PAIN AND AGONY THAT THE WOLF BATTALION IS KNOWN TO EXACT UPON ITS DETAINEES." [December 14, 2005]
The Guardian further detailed the Wolf Brigade or the use of an "El Salvador Option":
"The Wolf Brigade was created and supported by the US in an attempt to re-employ elements of Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard, this time to terrorise insurgents.
Members typically wore red berets, sunglasses and balaclavas, and drove out on raids in convoys of Toyota Landcruisers. They were accused by Iraqis of beating prisoners, torturing them with electric drills and sometimes executing suspects. The then interior minister in charge of them was alleged to have been a former member of the Shia Badr militia."
Additionally, details in log entries from 2004 and 2005, according to The Guardian, indicated US infantry raids led to the handing over of detainees to the Wolf Brigade for "further questioning" multiple times. And, a New York Times writer concluded, "US soldiers, US advisers, were standing aside and doing nothing."
The logs uncovered reports of detainee abuse and brutality. These incidents were recorded and never investigated further.
" A CF party, including a ___ went to the Ar ___ Police Department iot investigate a statement that was done by an ___. He mentioned that detainees are tortured in prison by IZ Police Officers. Using a hygienic inspection as an excuse, ___ detainees were searched and questioned without IZP attendance. The conclusion taken after this is that drug or medicine users are being tortured specially during dark hours. Methods they are using are to blindfold the detainee and hang them upside down on their feet iot hit them on their foot soles. Also the use of an electrical device is confirmed. This subject ___ with senior IZP Officers iot stop this, also ___ inspections ___. ["A CF party, including a ___ went to the Ar ___ Police Department iot investigate a statement that was done by an ___. He mentioned that detainees are tortured in prison by IZ ___" February 10, 2004]
Channel 4 News reported that the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) and Channel 4 Dispatches found "between 2004 and 2009 32,563 civilians were murdered" and that of the numerous unidentified corpses, which coalition forces often found in the Tigris River, "10,871 civilians were shot in the head, 439 were decapitated and up to 164 were recorded as children." The news organization suggested these "murders" were largely a result of "sectarian death squads."
TBIJ and Dispatches also found "over 300 classified reports in the Iraq war logs alleging abuse by coalition forces on Iraqi prisoners after the Abu Ghraib scandal" and that, in the time span covered by the logs, "some 180,000 Iraqis were imprisoned" or appoximately "one in 50 of the adult male population of Iraq" were imprisoned. And, "more than 1,300 individual cases of torture and abuse carried out by Iraqis on Iraqi prisoners at police stations and army bases, which imply that coalition forces either witnessed or reported on themselves" occurred.
Also revealed was more details on how military contractors in Iraq (like Blackwater) had killed civilians with impunity .
As Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks said, they showed the "truth that occurred before the war, during the war, and [what has] continued on since the war officially concluded."....
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You are in the market for freightliner box truck ? Freightliner box trucks are extremely reliable. The freightliner box trucks use top of the line in-cab components. For Instance, the cab would most of the time would be all power windows and doors. In addition, the cd player would be state of the art and would replace the old fashion radio. There are few options when selecting a Freightliner box truck.
Types of Freightliner Box Trucks
Freightliner M2 – Business Class
The Freightliner M2 was first introduced in 2002. Freightliner now celebrating 15 years of M2 production. The M2 came after the FL series that was first introduced in 1990. However, the medium duty M2 was improved and redesigned over the years. Currently, many consider the M2 as the king of the medium duty box trucks. The only one to challenge freightliner in the heavy duty category is kenworth box trucks.
The Freightliner M2 is state of the art truck. It includes top tier air brakes as well as air horn. Both of those features are extremely important to the trucker's safety.
The freightliner M2 was first introduced with Mercedes-Benz MBE900 4- and 6-cyl. diesel engine. However, this engine was a dry sleeve application and made it almost impossible to rebuild. This engine was replaced by the Caterpiller C7. The C7 is now present in about 70% of the M2 units.
The M2 is used in various applications. The Most popular application would be the Freightliner M2 School Bus. This application boosted the M2's market share. This category was dominated by the international's yellow bird. The M2 is used used as ambulance providing a lot of horse power with a short chassis.
In this category the frieghtliner M2 pushed Ford out of the leading top spot. Last but not least, the M2 is extremely popular among moving and delivery companies. The M2 sports the morgan box. It addition, the M2 has the low profile edition for the moving and hauling industry.
Freightliner box truck with sleeper
Freightliner Box trucks may come with sleeper or extended cab. Those units are scarce and are in large demand. The Freightliner box truck with sleeper is used by expediters. Those companies utilize the powerful M2 engine with the continence of a sleeper for their OTR long hauls.
26 ft box truck with liftgate
Most of the M2 are equipped with 26 ft box truck. On top of the large box truck , most freightliner m2 trucks has powerful anothony liftgate. The powerful engine assist the liftgate. The liftgate 's capacity would reach 3000 lbs.
28 ft box truck for sale
The other unique freightliner m2 box truck is the 28 footer. While those units are not very common, they are a great asset for moving and delivery companies. Many box truck manufactures don't attempt to install a 28 ft box truck since the engine simply cannot take the heavy burden. However, the M2 is handling a fully loaded 28 foot box with ease. It has a payload of 12,000 lbs on non-CDL class. On the CDL class the payload will go up to 19,000 lbs, which is very impressive for medium duty box truck.


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Nothing feels better than a good fitting roping saddle. This is a Corriente Calf Roping saddle. It is built on a stout tree with a wooden base and rawhide covering. The gullet measures 7 inches wide and quarter horse bars to fit a wide variety of horses. This saddle is made to keep the rider in the center while roping. With the TM (Toots Mansfield) front end and 3" cantle is it the perfect way to keep a rider square in the saddle while running up to a calf as well as enough cantle to not throw you back when the horse leaves hard. This low cantle helps calf ropers by letting them have room to step off fast. The seat jockey and bottom skirting is rough out to hold you in the saddle and tooled fenders and back skirting to look pretty. This saddle has a chocolate colored padded seat for comfort and beautiful new flower tooling. Saddles could take 30-35 days to arrive.


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Baltimore: A refreshing slap in the face
Of all the oddball places Ace and I passed through in our recently completed 22,000 miles of travels across the U.S., none came close, in that particular category, to Baltimore.
In other words, there's no place like home.
Sure, there may be some small pockets of pretentiousness in Baltimore, but all in all it's a city that doesn't put on airs. And that is what I like about it — its honesty.
On Friday, during my first full week back in the city, I kept running into that theme — "yes I have warts, would you like to see them?" — as I checked in at the old storage unit, dropping off a few unneeded things and picking up some others to spartanly furnish the housing I have finagled for the month ahead.
I'll tell you more about that next week; for now suffice to say: Federal Hill, rooftop deck, downtown view … from the hot tub.
It's a much more well-heeled area than the part of town my stuff is in, but then my stuff isn't too choosy, having come from humble origins. Much of it was discarded on a sidewalk, thrown in Dumpsters or donated to Goodwill before finding a forever home with me.
For the past eight months, as Ace and I criss-crossed the U.S., it has sat in a unit at one of those self-storage places — visited, it appears, only by mice, whose droppings were everywhere.
It was in my stuff's neighborhood that I ran into the well-bundled-up fellow above, at Patapsco and Potee, a highly alliterative intersection in Brooklyn frequented by people seeking handouts, most of whom carry a piece of cardboard briefly explaining the dilemma they allegedly are in and what they are willing to do to get out of it.
Rather than bore drivers with his life story, this guy drafted a sign listing only his short term goal. I'm not sure how much his "transparency," as we like to call it nowadays, paid off, but it worked on me. I forked over a buck.
I found that same sort of refreshing honesty at my next stop, Blue Crab Xpress, next door to the storage lot where my stuff is.
It's an interesting little place — half liquor store, half seafood deli. I'm not sure if the warning sign on their front door was meant for mice or people. It gave me some second thoughts about getting lunch there, but I proceeded to order a crab sandwich, anyway.
As I waited for my order, I visited with some of the blue crabs, piled up in bushel baskets, partly covered with towels, almost as if they'd been tucked in.
Tempted as I was to lift their blanket for a better look, I didn't want to wake them. Besides, another sign warned against it: "Please do not play with crabs. May be crabs get stress + die earleier. You might get bit also."
I also learned that at the Blue Crab Xpress, credit cards aren't honored.
I ate my crab cake sandwich — quite exceptional — in the car, parked next to an Utz potato chip truck whose driver was slumped over the steering wheel taking a nap.
Fortified, I went next door to the storage lot — something I'd been putting off doing partly because it has been so cold, partly because I knew I wouldn't be able to find what I was mainly looking for, some warmer clothes.
I made a few withdrawls from it — my futon mattress, some chairs and tables and one unmarked box, chosen at random. I decided it would be fun to open it up later and see what was inside.
Since I need to go back to the storage unit, anyway — for it is in major need of some reorganization and, perhaps, a warning sign telling mice to stay away — I thought if the box turned out to contain useless stuff, I could always bring it back or toss it.
Into my storage unit I tossed by rooftop carrier and its contents, some stinky tennis shoes that need a month off (and might drive away the mice) and other things, like camping gear, I won't be needing anytime soon.
Back at my temporary quarters, I opened the box and discovered I had made a lucky pick. It contained two jackets, a spatula, a can opener, a coffee cup and my winter coat.
I will wear it today when — taking a break from decorating my house (think early college student) — I go over to the Lighthouse Tavern to watch the Baltimore Ravens beat the Pittsburgh Steelers. Mainly, though, I am going there to renew my bonds with old friends, because friends are so important, and such relationships should be … Oh the heck with it.
Why lie? I need a beer.
Posted by John Woestendiek January 15th, 2011 under Muttsblog.
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St. Bernard: The imperishable parish
If you don't think dogs are being hurt by the BP oil spill, perhaps you need a lesson in the trickle down – or, in this case, ooze down – theory of disaster economics.
And there may be no better place to learn it than St. Bernard Parish, southeast of New Orleans, a community that was struggling to survive to begin with, left underwater by Hurricane Katrina and, with more than half of its families owing their incomes to fishing, is now feeling the rippling ramifications of the oil spill.
They evacuated during the hurricane, came back and have been rebuilding ever since. Now, the oil rig explosion and subsequent contamination of the gulf means a loss of work and more sacrificing.
Right down to the family dog.
This one statistic pretty much sums it up: The St. Bernard Parish animal shelter took in 60 dogs in May 2009; this May it saw 288 come in, many of them surrendered by owners who, having at least temporarily lost their livelihoods to the oil spill, said they could no longer afford to provide care for their dogs.
That sad-eyed girl above, named Abby, arrived at the shelter a week ago, surrendered by a family that subsisted on harvesting seafood from the gulf – only a few pockets of which are still open to shrimping, crabbing, and oyster harvesting.
While some fisherman have turned to working on the cleanup, "they're not making nowhere near what they were making before," said Shannon Asevedo, a St. Bernard Parish animal control officer.
Another occupant of the shelter, Sasha, was owned by a BP employee who turned her over to his mother-in-law because he was being called upon to travel so much. When Sasha had ten pups last month, it was more than she could handle. Now all 11 are at the shelter, where the BP employee's ex-wife works as a volunteer – partly so she can see her former dog. Due to financial and legal problems, she's unable to care for Sasha as well.
"Our intakes have probably doubled if not tripled since the oil spill," Asevedo said. "They may not all be related to it. Most people just say they can't afford to take care of them anymore. It's a shame. More are here because their parents can't take care of them. At the same time, adoption rates are down, too. So where do they go?"
St. Bernard Parish Animal Services Director Beth Brewster says the shelter attempts to place all dogs in adoptive homes, ships some to rescue groups and tries to put down only those deemed aggressive.
Interestingly, the shelter sees a large number of large dogs and pit bulls. Families returning to rebuild after Katrina often bought large dogs and left them at their homes at night to protect against the theft of construction materials.
Brewster, in the job for two years now, said the parish's previous shelter, with a capacity of 26 dogs, "was a dump." The parish opened its new facility this January, with financial help from the Humane Society of the United States and FEMA.
The old shelter had reopened shortly after Katrina, but went nearly two years without electricity or running water. It strung together hoses to bring in water, and used extension cords to supply electricity. It, unlike the new facility, had no air conditioning, which took a toll on dogs and humans alike.
The shelter was so shoddy that the shelter bought an old school bus and would load it with adoptable dogs, parking in front of the Home Depot and trying to find them homes.
Now they have a gleaming new shelter, and a new air-conditioned mobile unit. But they also have more dogs than even their new and expanded capacity can handle, with more and more dogs being surrendered for economic reasons.
"This is not a wealthy community to begin with," Brewster said. "Most of these people grew up on the water and more than half make their living on it."
Recognizing the parish's problems, the Humane Society of the United States has sent a shipment of dog food to the area, to be distributed to pet owners facing hardships associated with the gulf oil spill. The food is also being distributed in Plaquemines Parish.
"The Humane Society of the United States was saddened to hear that animals inland from the shoreline are also suffering from this disaster," said Julia Breaux, the organization's Louisiana director.
St. Bernard Parish, as you've probably guessed, is not named after the dog breed, but after the actual saint — Saint Bernard, who devoted himself to the conversion of the people of the Alps and is known as the patron saint of mountaineering.
But the determined people of the parish may have more in common with the dog breed, which is named after St. Bernard's Pass in the Alps (which is named after the Saint). The dogs were brought to a famous hospice there in the 1600s, where they developed their reputation for mountain rescues and where, it is said, rugged and adverse conditions honed their strong instinct for survival.
Posted by John Woestendiek June 11th, 2010 under Muttsblog.
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Presenter Alex Payne falls during live broadcast
Loving your professionalism @SkySports_AlexP ???????? @SkySportsRugby pic.twitter.com/N2hdpZSVYK— Scott Quinnell (@ScottQuinnell) January 6, 2018
Always the professional, much loved Sky Sports rugby presenter Alex Payne never takes himself too seriously, as we've seen before here on Rugbydump. This time it wasn't his words in a tangle, but his feet, as he lost his footing just before closing out a broadcast.
Scott Quinnell and former Ireland international Luke Fitzgerald were in stitches at Payne's misfortune, with Quinnell making sure to post it on Twitter after the game.
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The Norway section is now completely integrated with GoogleMaps. So not only do the regional maps show where the waterfalls are concentrated, but now each individual waterfall page has its own Google Map so you can pinpoint their locations.
More Google Maps to come for the remaining individual waterfall pages for other parts of the world!
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Kaaren Janssen and Richard Severs (Editors)
Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Press 2015
This is a multi-authored text, providing perspectives on 14 major career tracks outside the traditional Principal Investigator/academic research lab. Contains useful descriptions of these career possibilities, along with methods of getting in, qualities for success, and additional informational resources.
Toby Freedman
Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 2008
This is a valuable compendium of information regarding careers for life scientists in Pharma or biotech. Explanations of job requirements, essential skills, and day to day responsibilities were distilled from interviews with hundreds of key players in industry. Although not an easy read because of its encyclopedic detail, this book is an essential reference.
Rebecca J. Anderson
Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 2010
This book sets the stage for discussing clinical research careers by providing an overview of the clinical evaluation process for drugs and medical devices. It then dedicates separate chapters to a number of jobs within that framework such as study coordinator, clinical quality assurance, etc. Each chapter outlines responsibilities of the position, describes a typical day, and provides tips for how to get your foot in the door including professional organizations that you should know about.
Todd Wehr Library Call #: QV 736 A549c 2010 / ISBN-13: 978-193611305-7
John. J. Campbell
Raleigh, NC: Pharmaceutical Institute 2008
The title tells exactly what this book is about – how pharmaceutical companies work – from definition and classification of drugs to drug discovery to business development and manufacturing. This is the view from 10,000 feet which provides some insight into the complexities of the environment in which pharmaceutical scientists function.
Peter D. Stonier
West Sussex, England: Wiley and Sons, 2003
Although this book has a decidedly British perspective, this book is worth perusing to examine the breadth of positions available in the pharmaceutical industry.
Todd Wehr Library Call #: QV 21 C2715 2003 / ISBN: 0470843284
Cynthia Robbins-Roth
New York, NY: Basic Books 2000
This is an important resource for scientists interested in industry careers. It provides a historical perspective on the biotechnology industry combined with an insider's view of the business model. Appendix C highlights the websites that the savvy job searcher will want to be aware of.
Todd Wehr Library Call #: HD 9999 R635f 2000 / ISBN: 978-073820482
Erin Albert
Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse 2007
What is a medical science liaison (MSL) and what do they do? This book is a comprehensive guide to the function of MSLs. Perhaps the most valuable information is the list of MSL meetings contained in Table 1 which provide opportunities for trainees to get in-depth information about this career path.
Todd Wehr Library Call #: QV 736 A333m 2007 / ISBN: 978-1434337504
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French legal and judiciary system
Unlike the American and English legal systems, the French legal system belongs to the civil law tradition. It is another peculiarity of French law that it is divided into two major branches: private law and public law. Although this structure may trigger uncertainty about the respective powers of the administrative courts and the courts overseeing private law matters, the boundaries of each judicial branch are now quite stable: only around 30 cases are brought annually before the Conflicts Tribunal, the court that arbitrates conflicts of jurisdiction between courts handling private or public law matters.
This chapter mainly focuses on private law. It should be emphasised that public law and administrative courts govern questions involving administrative bodies (e.g. State, local authorities, administrative agencies) and their relationships with private individuals. The scope of such legal branch and judicial structure is therefore quite wide, in a country where administrative organs' actions infuse many aspects of private and economic life. Accordingly, most claims for damages involving a public authority must be brought before an administrative court. The local Courts of first instance, the administrative Courts of appeal and the Conseil d'Etat form the three-tier system of administrative courts.1
By contrast, private law encompasses pure commercial and civil matters, i.e. all matters that are not ruled by public law. The civil court system is structured as a three-tier pyramid.
The Courts of first instance, which together form the first tier, comprise four major2 kinds of courts:
- The Superior courts (Tribunaux de grande instance): such courts have jurisdiction over any private dispute, provided that: (i) the disputed amount is in excess of €10,000; and (ii) the law has not expressly conferred jurisdiction to another court. Such courts have exclusive jurisdiction over several matters (whatever the disputed amount), such as intellectual property, real estate or family law. In 2016, there were 164 Superior courts.
- The Courts of common pleas (Tribunaux d'instance): such courts have jurisdiction over any private dispute, provided that: (i) the disputed amount is lower than €10,000; and (ii) the law has not expressly conferred jurisdiction to another court. Such courts have exclusive jurisdiction over several matters (whatever the disputed amount), such as tenant disputes. In 2016, there were 307 Lower civil courts. As from July 1st, 2017, such courts are entitled to hear cases formerly brought before the lay judges (who had jurisdiction over matters where the disputed amount was lower than €4,000).
- The Commercial courts (Tribunaux de commerce): such courts have exclusive jurisdiction over commercial matters, including insolvency proceedings. They are run by non-professional judges elected from members of the commercial community. In 2016, there were 136 Commercial courts.
- The Labour courts (Conseils de prud'hommes): such courts have exclusive jurisdiction over employment disputes. They are run by an equal number of non-professional judges elected among employers and employees by their peers. In 2016, there were 210 Labour courts.
The second tier comprises the Courts of appeal, that hear appeals filed against all decisions rendered by the civil Courts of first instance (depending on their geographical jurisdiction). Any first instance decision can be appealed, except judgments for less than €4,000, for which an appeal can only be made on points of law directly to the Court of Cassation. In 2016, there were 36 Courts of appeal.
The third tier of the civil court system is the Court of cassation. Like the Conseil d'Etat in the system of administrative courts, this Court exercises final control over judgments issued by the Courts of appeal. The Court of Cassation is divided into four sections (civil section, commercial and financial section, employment section and criminal section). It should be highlighted that the Court of cassation does not hear arguments on the facts, but rather only focuses on points of law. Should the Court of cassation quash a decision issued by a Court of appeal, the case would generally be sent back, for a rehearing of both fact and law, to a Court of appeal other than the one which issued the quashed decision.
Civil courts also hear cases dealing with certain aspects of tax law, as well as criminal law. French proceedings enable victims of criminal offences to be awarded civil damages. Under such circumstances, the criminal courts rule on the civil liability of the defendant. This procedural route is favourable to the victim, considering the duty and extended powers of the public prosecutor in collecting and presenting proofs to the court.
2016 started with a major reform of French contract law. Indeed, ordinance No. 2016-131 dated February 10, 2016, has introduced several notable changes, among which:3
- the mandatory performance of promises to enter contracts (new Civil code, Art. 1124);
- a proper regime for hardship has been introduced (new Civil code, Art. 1195);4 and
- a party may unilaterally terminate a contract (new Civil code, Art. 1226).5
It is worth mentioning that a class action mechanism was introduced in the French legal system in 2014. Such mechanism was then limited to the protection of consumers, and provisions were gathered in the Consumer Code. In 2015, the scope of class action was then expanded to public health. Since the law No. 2016-1547 dated November 18, 2016 (the so-called law "modernising Justice for the 21st Century"), class actions proceedings now apply to three new areas: discrimination practices, environment and digital personal data.
Class actions may only be exercised by recognised associations which have been duly registered for at least five years, and whose statutory purpose involves the defence of interests which have been infringed. If the class action proceedings aim at stopping a misconduct, the courts must establish the existence of such a misconduct and order the defendant, if necessary under penalty, to put an end to it. If the class action proceedings rather seek compensation for damages, the procedure consists of three stages: the judge shall rule on the responsibility of the defendant; define the group of individuals likely to benefit from the class action outcome; and set the deadlines by which any victim can join the group to benefit from the judgment on liability.
The alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures are run either as a complement or as an alternative to the jurisdiction of national courts and the procedures applicable before them (see below).
Case management
As far as practical monitoring of cases by national courts is concerned, the time required for a case to be handled is often difficult to predict, but is rarely faster than one year. Appeal proceedings before both the Court of appeal and the Court of cassation often require 18 months. Case management is the duty of the courts, and parties have no direct influence on it – although they may apply for time extension to file briefs or evidences. A judge in charge of overseeing the proceedings and the procedural timetable is designated only before the Superior courts and the Courts of appeal – in particular, such judges are absent from proceedings held before Commercial courts and Labour courts.
The use of electronic communications has been encouraged over the past years to facilitate the management of cases handled by courts: this trend led to the adoption of the Decree dated May 6, 2017, pursuant to which any procedural document shall be sent to courts through an electronic interface. If not, judges must declare it inadmissible. A similar obligation has been introduced in administrative proceedings since a Decree dated November 2, 2016.


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Pupil Premium
St Mary's Pupil Premium Grant for 2016/2017 is £7900
Out of ALL of the schools in Lincolnshire (356 schools) our school is the 4th lowest for monies received to support children through Pupil Premium (PP) funding. Funding is given for those children who are or have been in receipt of of Free School Meals (FSM) (not including Universal Free School Meals for EYFS and KS1 pupils). If you think you might be eligible for FSM or PP funding, please speak to the school office; someone will advise you how we process applications.
A summary of the main barriers to educational achievement faced by eligible pupils at the school:
- 75% of the Pupil Premium are EAL, so this can have an impact on their learning
How you'll spend the pupil premium to address those barriers and the reasons for that approach:
- We have brought IPads to help with the reading progress, having Audio books installed;
- Have have had specialist teacher brought in to school to give input;
- Using additional TA support for those children that need extra support;
- Write action plans and have parents in for discussions on a termly basis.
How you'll measure the impact of the pupil premium:
- Having pupil progress meetings, showing on data, discussions with class teachers, having Pupil Premium meetings termly (6 weeks) three times a year.
We intend to continue using our funding in the same way this year. Our Home School Liaison Officer (HSLO) is partially paid for through this. The HSLO works with PP children to support their learning. We will continue to fund additional TA support for those children that need extra support and have a specialist teacher brought in to school to give input and asses the needs of children. We will support children by offering breakfast club places and funding school trips as well as supporting where needed with children's uniform and other school essentials.


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Microdermabrasion & Dermaplaning
Microdermabrasion and Dermaplaning are two treatments that will instantly brighten and smooth your skin. They can be done once a month as part of a normal skin care regimen or before special events to give you a movie star glow.
Microdermabrasion (Silk Peel Dermal Infusion)
Microdermabrasion is a physical exfoliation that gently moves over the skin exfoliating off the dead skin cells and at the same time infusion a solution that is determined based on your needs. You leave with softer, brighter, and hydrated skin. Microdermabrasion can help reduce fine lines, pigmentation concerns, and smooth out texture. There is no down time and may be done over your lunch hour.
Dermaplaning is a physical exfoliation that gently takes off the dry dull skin as well as the fuzzy facial hair. A popular combination is Dermaplaning with a light chemical peel or microdermabrasion. There is no down time with Dermaplaning.
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Your soul may Rest In Peace but your tweets won't.....British Ad agency Lean Mean Fighting Machine has developed an app called LivesOn studies an online personality and online behavior of the user and with artificial intelligence creates tweets for the user when dead. So if you are sharing songs all the time, expect songs from the paradise or hell to be posted from your account.....
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Having itchy feet after shower is a very common problem, having come across a lot of queries from people present at various fora, I thought that I should give this problem a look, so as to debunk any mystery that has propounded over word of mouth.
Do you experience a tingling sensation in your feet after taking a shower? Which gradually goes on to become a marked desire to itch vehemently? There are various reasons for it, we will tackle them one by one.
A Hot Shower
A hot shower may well be the initial culprit, as the temperature has started rising to unprecedented degrees, our feet have become more prone to dampness and bouts of dryness.
If your feet are put under hot shower they may create an uneven soreness, or may even result in the puffing of the feet. When you come back from carrying out any arduous task, you would be drenched with sweat, taking a bath at that moment may result in itchy feet.
Remedy: Before taking a bath make sure that you wipe yourself clean off any dampness using a neat towel, try and reach the inner lining of the toe, the crevices of the foot etc. You have to absolutely be sure that there is NO moisture whatsoever on your feet.
Unclean Bathroom Tiles
Taking a bath in your bathroom doesn't amount to "cleaning" of your tiles, it should be done meticulously using a disinfectant that comes from a brand of repute.
You have to ascertain that the tiles are squeaky clean, using a bathroom cleaner at the first go than using a disinfectant to lay to waste any remaining bacteria.
This prevents any bacteria from sticking to your feet, causing that undue irritation and the burning tendency to itch.
Solution: Clean your bathroom at least twice every week, make sure it's squeaky clean so as to prevent any bacteria from taking shelter in your bathroom and then onwards into your feet!
A good disinfectant that you could possibly buy would be the Clorox disinfecting bathroom cleaner, available in the spray bottle variety, cutting out your task and making it easier!
Athletes Foot
Tinea Pedis, a fungus is a cause for athlete's feet. It is a type of illness that as the name suggests is usually seen in athletes.
Since the athletes have to work in insalubrious environments, wherein their feet are under constant and incessant moisturization that may result in the development of the particular fungi.
It could also be a direct result of using public toilets, sharing one's contaminated shoe's and wearing tight to the fit kind of shoes.
The easiest to grasp symptoms of athlete's foot are a perpetual urge to itch and a remarkable soreness under the feet.
Remedy: Try to avoid unhygienic public bathrooms like the plague, consult a dermatologist if the problem persists.
A lot of people suffering from diabetes tend to have itching under their feet, especially during the thick of the night.
Consulting your dietician and an esteemed dermatologist seems like the viable actions.
Fungi Infections
There is a possibility that due to living a life sans bathing, you may have developed what in scientific terms is called a "fungal infection".
OR even if you are the one who baths daily, you could have gone trekking in the forest and unknowingly stepped on a plant that may be the reason behind the growth of fungi on your feet.
Remedy: Using an anti-fungal spray or cream, putting it on for the duration of the itch and stopping your ever present tendency to itch from bearing fruit. You could try the antifungal treatment powder by Zeabsorb.
A common problem in women during pregnancy, and could be attributed to the enlargement of the uterus under the pregnant state, it is a medical condition going by the name of Pruritic Urticarial Papules of Pregnancy (PUPP).
Even if this is a common occurrence amongst pregnant women, it shouldn't be easily overlooked, as it could also have dire consequences attached to it. Some of them being maternal or fetal hemorrhage, premature labor pain, and stillbirth.
Our Tips: Proper care of the mother should be taken in such a state, understanding that comfort is tantamount to the birth of a healthy baby. If the itching shows signs of extensive growth rather than abatement than a gynecologist should be consulted at the earliest.
Getting itchy feet after shower, although being a common occurrence, could be attributed to varied reasons, the likelihood of such an event happening has been proven to be quite high.
And, so to ascertain that you don't fall prey to incessant itching, that may completely destroy your peace of mind, it is desirable that you follow the below-mentioned points.
- Try to avoid taking hot baths after exercising, prefer cold water baths after exercising that too after cleaning your feet properly of any undue moisture content
- If the itching is a result of fungal infection, be sure to apply an anti-fungal cream from a major brand, like the one from Zeabosrb.
- To prevent a condition like athletes' feet from happening, avoid going to public bathrooms altogether and start wearing comfortable fit shoes.
Any questions could be asked in the comments section below.


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Changing Employee Needs Driving a New Look For Overseas Job Transfers
Cartus Releases Results of 2016 Global Relocation Trends Survey
PR Newswire – DANBURY, Conn., (December 5, 2016) – As the global relocation landscape continues to change, leading multinational companies are navigating through it with new approaches that help them get their preferred employees to take global transfers while controlling costs. For the seventh time since 2002, Cartus Corporation has released its Trends in Global Relocation: Global Mobility Policy and Practices survey report, which outlines the challenges companies are facing, the solutions they are employing and where they are sending their transferring employees. Sponsored by the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC), the study elicited responses from 176 mobility managers – representing nearly 10 million employees, globally – on dozens of topics. Below are just three of multiple key findings that can be found by reading the full report.
76% of companies need more flexibility in #mobility programs. No.1 reason? Cost control! @Cartus Tweet
1. The Look of Overseas Job Transfers Continues to Change as Companies Seek Flexibility
As companies strive to provide their internationally transferring employees with an improved relocation experience – while still controlling costs – they are seeing the need to build more flexibility into their mobility programs.
- 76% of this year's survey respondents reported an increase in the need for flexible approaches to job transfers, driven increasingly by generational needs and changing expectations, as well as by cost concerns.
- The traditional forms of assignment – long and short term – involve sending employees out to a host location and bringing them back after the assignment is completed. However, survey respondents report that the top way in which they are moving employees now is permanent – one way – moves. In these cases, return trips upon completion of an assignment are handled separately.
- Despite, this, however, survey findings suggest that long-term assignments are still the best way to achieve certain company goals, with 81% of U.S. respondents expecting long-term assignment activity to increase or stay the same over the next two years.
2. Cost Control Becoming the "New Normal"
Since 2010, survey respondents report that while their companies' cost control pressures aren't necessarily increasing, they aren't decreasing either. This leaves them with a "new normal" in terms of cost control focus. What is changing is how they are seeking to trim those costs.
In Cartus' 2014 survey, the No. 1 area of change being considered to control cost was policy. This year, outsourcing topped the list of ways to save.
- 71% of current respondents say they have already started to outsource and the remaining 29% say they are considering doing so.
- Outsourcing for relocation not only gives companies access to industry-specific technology and expertise, but frees human resources and mobility managers to contribute to more strategic initiatives, such as linking talent with mobility to accomplish company goals.
3. Compliance Issues are a Growing Concern for Companies
Seventy-nine (79) percent of survey respondents stated that their organizations' focus on compliance has increased in the past two years. As this focus shifts, it's important for companies to consider their level of care for employees who "don't know what they don't know" about tax, legal and immigration compliance, as well as safety and security, and even appropriate preparation prior to undertaking an international assignment.
Read the Report
Request the full report, the seventh in Cartus' series of policy and practices surveys that began in 2002, or view highlights of the report here.
Matt Spinolo, EVP Global Client Services, Cartus Corporation:
"For the last 14 years, Cartus has been doing research with hundreds of our clients around what employers and international assignees need to have for successful global programs. This year our Global Mobility Policy and Practices Survey highlights the ongoing challenges and conflicts of cost containment and flexibility. These areas of concern have been growing since the most recent recession, and IT-driven mass customization came onto the scene at about the same time."
"Rounding out our top three challenges, compliance is again in the spotlight. While continuing deployment of IT resources and methods has helped employers understand more of what is going on, and has helped employees deal with new and novel experiences, it has also helped tax and immigration authorities to know who is where, when, and for how long. More data means more information, more guidance, and more compliance reporting."
"The high prevalence of permanent (one-way) global transfers among companies potentially indicates a growing recognition of the importance of global work experience, especially among Millennials, who appear willing to get the experience in other ways than the traditional long-term 'expat' package."
Bill Sheridan, Vice President, IHR Services, National Foreign Trade Council:
"The continued focus on managing costs, regardless of industry, is a theme we constantly hear from our members. The focus on cost makes it even more important for companies to pay attention to return on investment, including preventing employees from leaving companies once they repatriate. Companies need to see assignments as an investment for the enterprise as well as for the expatriate."
"It's interesting to note that, despite the fact that they are the most costly assignment type, long term assignments are still of major importance, especially as enterprises expand into new markets in Africa, Southeast Asia and other wide ranging locations."
About Cartus
For more than 60 years, Cartus has provided trusted guidance to organizations of all types and sizes that require global relocation solutions. Providing the full spectrum of relocation services, including language and intercultural training, Cartus serves more than half of the Fortune 50 and has moved employees into and out of 185 countries. Cartus is part of Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY), a global leader in real estate franchising and provider of real estate brokerage, relocation and settlement services. To find out how our greater experience, reach, and hands-on guidance can help your company, visit www.cartus.com; read our blog; or click www.realogy.com for more information.
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Campus Grants
The Campus Grants program allows members of the Duke community to incorporate ethics into their own work. Grants of up to $500 are available to all members of the Duke community—students, faculty, and staff—to support initiatives that promote ethical or moral reflection, deliberation, and dialogue at Duke and beyond.
We welcome diverse perspectives and submissions from organizations and individuals in all areas of the University and the Medical Center. Campus Grant funding provides support for speakers, workshops, meetings, curriculum development, publications, organizational collaborations, and other activities. Travel grants for attending conferences or other individual activities will not be awarded.
The Campus Grants call is now open on a rolling basis.
If you need a funding decision for your project or event made prior to the deadline, please indicate so with your application, and we will do our best to accommodate.
Download the form now: Word.
Application information
- Grant applications should be concise and should include full details of your plans. Submissions will be evaluated by a selection committee of Institute staff, who will judge each application on the project budget, alignment with Institute priorities and plans for promoting ethical deliberation and dialogue, evidence of project need, and plans for publicity, among other criteria.
- Applications for these grants are reviewed on a rolling basis until annual funds are expended. Only electronic submissions will be accepted.
- Applicants will be notified of the status of their request within a few weeks of the submission deadline. Organizations already receiving ongoing and sustaining support from the Kenan Institute for Ethics are not eligible to apply for these grants. An organization (or representative thereof) or individual may receive only one grant in any given academic year.
AY 2016-17 Awardees
Jess Issacharoff | Polygraph: An International Journal of Culture and Politics
Polygraph is a nonprofit, interdisciplinary journal run by an editorial collective comprised of 15 graduate students from several departments at Duke including Literature, English, and Cultural Anthropology. The two issues for which funding was requested, "Polygraph 26: Pleasure and Suspicion" and "Polygraph 27: Neoliberalism and Social Reproduction," engage ethical issues relating to sexuality, reproductive labor, migration and exploitation.
James Wang | Duke-UNC China Leadership Summit
The 2017 CLS conference, "China as a Responsible Stakeholder," focuses on human rights and cyber security. The program aims to forge more productive and collaborative Sino-U.S. relationships by bringing 120 of the most promising student delegates from Duke, UNC and other American and Chinese universities together in lively academic and cross-cultural exchange. All lectures and panels are open to the Duke Community.
Gino Nuzzolillo | Behrooz Ghamari Lecture
Behrooz Ghamari is Professor of History and Sociology at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Through a public lecture and engagement with freshman students in the Middle East and Islam and Humanitarian Challenges FOCUS Clusters and Neighborhood 1 on East Campus, he will share his experience during the Iranian Revolution. The author of two previous books, Islam and Dissent in Postrevolutionary Iran and Foucault in Iran: Islamic Revolution after the Enlightenment, his talk will focus on his most recent work, Remembering Akbar.
Giulia Ricco | Contemporary Nonfiction Writing on Catastrophe
Professor of Brazilian literature Nicola Gavioli (FIU) will discuss questions of ethical responsibilities when writing about catastrophes, and the ways in which we can use these types of texts in a classroom to teach ethics and empathy. Using research on bioethics and literature, Gavioli offers an original approach to the humanities, opening space to talk about ethics and empathy in a classroom setting using texts that represent catastrophic and tragic events. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Spring 2016 Awardees
Yemi Adewuyi | Sacrificial Poets Reunion
Duke's Spoken Verb will bring in spoken artists CJ Suitt, G Yamazawa, and Kane Smego to campus for a night of poetry and a panel discussion, March 26. The poets are founding members of Sacrificial Poets, the largest youth slam poetry organization in the Triangle Area.
Rachael Karasik | Template for Providing Access to Local NC Seafood to Low Income Communities
Rachael Karasik's capstone Master's project addresses concerns related food security, decision-making, public health and behavioral changes engaging students in a seafood sample preparation process.
Daniel Camacho | From Sit-Ins to Hashtags: Navigating Activism Before and After Social Media
Panel Conversation on navigating activism before and after social media featuring Asian-American activist Suey Park and former Duke student activist Dr. Brenda Armstrong.
Kati Henderson | Ambiguously Human
Public discussions about what defines the "human" as opposed to "thing," using investigations across disciplines and media.
Fall 2015 Awardees
This series aims to provide students with an opportunity to bridge the invisible empathy gap between healthcare receivers and health care providers via talks from peer patients, professors from health and psychology fields, and doctors from Duke Hospital.
Rinzin Dorjee | Understanding 'Boedpa': Identity and Displacement among Tibetan Refugees in Kathmandu, Nepal
Rinzin will travel to Nepal to document the lives and plight of Tibetan refugees. She will share her findings with a short video-journal documentary and a photo exhibit of approximately 100 portraits with narratives to promote inter-student dialogue, discussion and awareness about the challenges that thousands of refugees face as displaced Tibetans, and shed light on the dynamics of resettlement.
Won-Young Choi | Vision for North Korea
Vision for North Korea will host a Painting Exhibit of North Korean landscapes by North Korean artists. The exhibition will be framed around human rights issues and open with a guest speaker to discuss the topic.
Sam Bagg | The Graduate Conference in Political Theory
This conference will be held at Duke in February 2016 and feature papers that relate to ethics, ethical theory, and ethical practice in global perspective.
Lauren Carley | Duke University Biology Department Women in Science Committee
The Duke Biology Women in Science Committee will host Dr. Doudna, a professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of California, Berkley, in the Spring 2016 semester. Dr. Doudna will give a research-based seminar related to ethical issues, including human rights, regulation of science, and intellectual property rights.
Spring 2015 Awardees
"UNSUITABLE" is an event series that brings successful romance industry professionals and scholars to Duke to unpack issues surrounding gender, power, emotion, love as they occur in popular romance fiction today.
Project Wild
Step Into the WILD is an annual wilderness trip to Pisgah National Forest bringing together Duke undergraduates and Durham high school students for a three-day experience emphasizing team-building, leadership development, personal challenge, and environmental awareness.
Junghoon Lee | Duke Partners in Diversity
Partners in Diversity, a new student organization, will engage Korean academic Soyeong Pae with faculty and students to discuss issues such as the protection of human rights and linguistic development for immigrant children as well government's regulatory policy.
Fall 2014 Awardees
Undergraduate artists from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín collaborated with DukeEngage students to develop an art exhibition that will tour the United States this spring, the fourth iteration of Proyecto Boston-Medellín (PBM). The team will bring these artists to Duke to engage campus with a transnational, multilingual artistic conversation on the ethics of artistic autonomy, story telling, movement with the story, and reclaiming narratives.
Jonna McKone | MFA Program in Experimental and Documentary Arts
McKone, a second-year MFA student, is creating a site-specific sound installation in Siler City, NC, that is an extension of a multi-year film project that documents people laboring in low wage jobs after the unexpected shuttering of a region's long-time industry. Through interweaving oral histories, historical text, lost and found sounds from the region, the experimental audio documentary explores socioeconomic isolation in rural areas and the distancing effects of globalization.
Jenna Strucko | Center for Documentary Studies
The founders of Kao Jai Coffee—a single-origin coffee company that directly sources coffee from Thailand farmers at a farmer-satisfied price—will visit campus to discuss the implications of incorporating ethical structure into a for-profit business plan, as well as how the practical applications of an ethically driven business model function in day-to-day operations and business development.
Avery Waite, Sierra Smucker, Dr. Kristin Goss | Sanford School of Public Policy
The team's study, "Millennial Women's Attitudes Toward Gender-Based Organizing," aims to understand why women's organizations seem less appealing to younger women than to their foremothers. The team will conduct 100 in-depth interviews interested to highlight the similarities and differences in the perspectives of women from different educational backgrounds.
Spring 2014 Awardees
Women's Institute of Secondary Education and Research (WISER) is a community development organization focusing on the social empowerment of underprivileged girls through education and health. The grant will assist in bringing teachers from the WISER school in Muhuru Bay, Kenya to campus to meet with faculty and students to discuss issues such as the protection of human rights through health and education and the effectiveness of international development initiatives.
Fall 2013 Awardees
A second year student in the Social Psychology PhD program, Martin plans to "carry out a research project that examines how participation in the sorority recruitment process affects women's well-being (self-esteem, belonging, anxiety, etc.), in both the short and long term."
Sarah Garrahan / Inquietudes
Garrahan is a graduate student in the Masters of Fine Arts program in Experimental and Documentary Arts. Housed in a mobile food truck, the multi-channel mixed-media installation will highlight issues facing food workers, including access to a living wage, benefits, undocumented labor, racism, and the "historic ignorance of rich culinary contributions."
Spring 2013 Awardees
For a performance of dance, compositions, songs, and spoken word as a culminating event from an exploration of the intersections of public health and the performing arts. Inspiration for the pieces will come from participation with the Health Arts Network at Duke and experience serving a population with Parkinson's disease through a Dance For Parkinson's Class Series.
Liliana Paredes and Rebecca Ewing / Spanish Language Program
For a panel talk on Immigration, Culture, Sports, & Ethics as part of the Intensive Spanish Summer Institute. A group of experts including Paul Cuadros, Hannah Gill, and Gwendolyn Oxenham will discuss the role of soccer to bridge borders, and the ethical implications of sports in the context of social equity.
Fall 2012 Awardees
Trent Chiang / Duke Undergraduate Bioethics Society
For a collaboration between the Duke Undergraduate Bioethics Society and its counterpart at UNC, to engage students from both schools in the field of bioethics. Activities will include an annual conference, monthly colloquia, and an annual publication.
Kelly Heo / Amnesty International
For a talk by two adolescent North Korean refugees, aiming to demystify commonly held assumptions about North Korea and its citizens. The speakers will discuss their experiences in North Korea, as well as what it means to be a North Korean refugee in South Korea.
Cameron Thompkins / Me Too Monologues
The Me Too Monologues are an annual documentary-theatre performance about identity that is written, performed, and produced by members of the Duke community.
William Wittels / Political Science
For "Machiavelli at 500," a two-day academic conference on Machiavelli that seeks to showcase the impact of the writer's work on the western intellectual tradition, highlight the debates inspired by different reactions to Machiavelli within and between various disciplines, and feature Machiavelli's relevance for contemporary politics.


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Some residents of the upper east region Thursday poured on to the streets of the regional capital, Bolgatanga to register their displeasure over what they describe as neglect by President John Mahama.
bolga-demoThey accuse the President of failing to honor his promises to the people of the Upper East.
President Mahama on a working visit to region pledged that his government will ensure that the defunct factories and other stalled development projects will be revamped to provide jobs for the youth in order to reduce the migration to the southern sector in search of jobs.
The demonstrators however say none of President Mahama's promises have seen the light of day. They believe the only way to get their grievances heard is through demonstrations.
The demonstrators; mostly members of the opposition New Patriotic Party carried placards with various inscriptions such as; where is Ghana heading to Mr President?,when will the corruption in the country end? Our own is killing us ,where is the Brazil world cup budget? and a host of others.
This is the first time such a demonstration has been staged in the region against government.
The demonstration which saw heavy security presence was dubbed "la wun tu m3″ meaning "we are suffering".
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Apple IPhone 5se, IPhone 5S Upgrade, In The Works
Apple is known to stick to the smallest line of devices possible. Therefore, each year, we wait for the company to release just one new iPhone in September. Not the March we are expecting for the Apple iPhone 5se.
The Apple iPhone 5se is reportedly going to be an upgrade of the iPhone 5, but not a smaller iPhone 6
Apple always releases a whole new phone in a span of 2 years. For example, they released the Apple iPhone 6 back in 2014. Then, in 2015, they released a slight update to the phone, the iPhone 6S. In 2016 September, as we are expecting, they will be releasing the iPhone 7. This way, it takes them two years to move from one number to the next.
This has been their play for a long time. Recall when they released the Apple iPhone 3GS, then the 4, then iPhone 4S, the iPhone 5, the iPhone 5S, the iPhone 6 and last year the iPhone 6S.
Confusing IPhones
Before the release of the iPhone 5S, they had stuck by their rule: One year, one phone. That changed in September 2013 when Apple decided to discontinue the iPhone 5 and release a cheaper, lower quality iPhone 5C concurrently with the iPhone 5S. The iPhone 5C did not perform so well in the market, and perhaps that is why Apple has not released its sequel ever since.
Anyway, in 2014, while releasing the iPhone 6, they also introduced another iPhone. The Apple iPhone 6 Plus. This is a giant 5.5 display device. If you think about it, the leap was real. From 4 inch display that many iPhone users were used to, up to 4.7 screen on the 6 and 5.5 screen on the iPhone 6 Plus.
This made the Apples line of devices a confusing one. But then, we got used to it fast and waited patiently for the Apple iPhone 6S and the Apple iPhone 6S Plus. They got released last year as expected.
What Is Coming..
However, in 2016, reports claim that Apple is looking to release a smaller iPhone, the iPhone 5se. This is a 4 inch iPhone. The SE, I think, stands for Special Edition. Well, this is not what Apple usually does, but maybe some customers did not upgrade to the iPhone 6 due to their love for the smaller iPhone 5S. Yet, Apple did not like the idea of releasing iPhone 6C.
The new Apple iPhone 5se will appeal to people who think Apple had tried to imitate others by going after larger screen sizes instead of usability and the philosophy they stood for. Remember when Steve Jobs said that the perfect size is 4 inches? Whatever the reason for releasing a smaller device, let us wait and see what the device will look like, and whether it will be a hit.
The iPhone 5Se will reportedly be announced in March this year and we shall keep you updated.


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Alec Baldwin Blames Dems? WTH?
My buddy at Signal 94 found this tid-bit in which even the amazing Alec Baldwin (wasn't he gonna leave the country? Frankly, I'm glad he didn't since he kills me on 30 Rock…) recognizes that the Democrats are just as much if not more to blame for our current CF in the markets.
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Baldwin starts out good, gets it wrong in the middle and then is just an jerk at the end when talking about Palin.
He's wrong that taxes have to be raised to bring in more revenue to the federal government. Now, more than ever, taxes have to be cut, to spur on the economy, which will help of get us out of the economic problems we are in which, in the long run, will result in more revenue to the federal government.
"It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high today and tax revenues are too low and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now. … The purpose of cutting taxes now is not to incur a budget deficit, but to achieve the more prosperous, expanding economy which can bring a budget surplus."
- John F. Kennedy, Public Papers of the President, pp. 877-80, 1962.
Ain't he precious though?
He tried, he really, really tried… but in the end he couldn't help hisself and his head reverted back into a democratic suppository and slipped right up his arse agin.
Many people was very amazed of him maybe because of the talents that he has in sports. – Adam LaFavre